201bhoy Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Dunno if anyone's posted this before, but found this good video of freight on the WRC just before it closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 excelent! keep them comming 201bhoy:tumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinvara-Train Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Dunno if anyone's posted this before, but found this good video of freight on the WRC just before it closed. thanks 201bhoy great video Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Just embedded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train model Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Brings a tear to my eye.Did you know that Claremorris was the only junction in Ireland with 5 serviced towns 1 Castlebar Ballina 2 Ballinrobe 3 Tuam 4 Roscommon 5 Sligo. Sligo Tuam and Ballinrobe shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201bhoy Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 It is a very impressive looking double track junction allright! Hopefully Sligo and Tuam will reopen though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 (edited) It is a very impressive looking double track junction allright! Hopefully Sligo and Tuam will reopen though! Hopefully they won't! As much as I don't like seeing infrastructure rotting away, that section would only be another financial noose around the taxpayer. Best to concentrate on keeping the current network from being cut back... Edited February 19, 2013 by Garfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train model Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 The Sligo to Claremorris part of the line was known as the Burma rd by the crews.The line went from nowhere to nowhere took forever because of all the level crossings and gates as for the Tuam line Tuam to Galway by road 25 mins Tuam to Galway by rail Tuam Ballyglunin (Castletown station) Quiet Man film,Athenry Galway.You would be quicker walking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 What has damaged the Limerick to Galway route now is journey times. Unless a new route can clearly save time over road it will be hard to get it to work and justify expenditure. Few places in Ireland now present local conditions where such a thing would be likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train model Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 From eyre sq Galway to Gort takes 1 hour by train 30 min by rd .a distance of 20 miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Yes, Train model - it's unfortunate but real. To the public they see that as an average of 20mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Yard Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 1 hr 30 to Gort from Galway the IE timetable says its 46 mins and its not 20 mins to drive either. Improvements have been made to journey times with a max of 80 mph now allowed between athenry and ennis in certain sections. A recent trip on one of the mid week afternoon services from Galway the train was well loaded leaving athenry and we arrived in ennis 48 mins later which is significantly better running than before. While better it can be improved further still with elimination of some more restrictions. Actually ennis limerick section is the achillies heel now with a 50 mph max limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josefstadt Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Brings a tear to my eye.Did you know that Claremorris was the only junction in Ireland with 5 serviced towns 1 Castlebar Ballina 2 Ballinrobe3 Tuam 4 Roscommon 5 Sligo. Sligo Tuam and Ballinrobe shut. What about Waterford? (1) Rosslare Strand; (2) New Ross; (3) Kilkenny; (4) Limerick Jct; (5) Mallow. If you include the Tramore line then its six. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishbloke77 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 1 hr 30 to Gort from Galway the IE timetable says its 46 mins and its not 20 mins to drive either. Improvements have been made to journey times with a max of 80 mph now allowed between athenry and ennis in certain sections. A recent trip on one of the mid week afternoon services from Galway the train was well loaded leaving athenry and we arrived in ennis 48 mins later which is significantly better running than before. While better it can be improved further still with elimination of some more restrictions. Actually ennis limerick section is the achillies heel now with a 50 mph max limit. That's the way I read the post aswell, but I think he means its 20 miles from Galway to Gort, which takes 30 minutes in a car and 1 hour by train. However, you are correct, it's only about 45-50 minutes according to the timetable. Again, however, his point stands, it is faster by road than rail on that route by quite a large amount for such a short journey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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